WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Meredith Piccin Ten years ago, Elizabeth Bean Smith founded Wardrobe Therapy with corporate retail colleague and friend Meredith Piccin. Soon after, Meredith decided to put her career on hold to focus on family. As she did, she also discovered a passion for jewelry making. Her Honey Rose & K line, which launched in 2009, has been featured in the pages of People and Elle, among ...

WOMEN WE LOVE: A Q&A with Regan Walsh Reagan Walsh   Regan Walsh is an executive coach and keynote speaker who works with clients from Wall Street to Portland but proudly calls Columbus home. She is wicked smart, authentically warm, giving, gracious and hilarious. (If you’ve seen her speak at WELD, Nationwide or the like, you know that to be absolute truth.) In today’s Women We Love feature, Kristy Eckert ...

WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Allison Jayjack Allison Jayjack around the corner from her Short North shop, Ladybird. Allison Jayjack, 34, is her store come to life—casual, cool and approachable, with style to spare. Never boring. Always confident. It’s not wonder, then, that the former college soccer star’s boutique Ladybird has thrived since opening eight years ago. Today, in our monthly “Women We Love” feature, Kristy Eckert talks with Allison about ...

Maren Roth, owner of Rowe WOMEN WE LOVE: Q&A with Maren Roth In 2007, when the Short North was a neighborhood on the cusp, Maren Roth opened the doors of a boutique she hoped Columbus would love. Nearly a decade later, Rowe is a longtime anchor in an area now celebrated as a shopping mecca. The store has doubled in size. Maren has raised more than $1 million for charity ...

  WT Team Insider: Meet Michelle Kerr Michelle Kerr, 43, immigrated to America as a child, founded her consulting firm at 25 and now oversees 200 employees throughout the United States and Europe. A longtime Wardrobe Therapy client, she eventually joined the team as a business partner. As Wardrobe Therapy celebrates its 10th birthday this year, Kristy Eckert talks with Kerr about business, parenting, Paris, and leather pants. Michelle's first ...

Mimi Dane Mimi Dane was a successful law partner who gave up her practice to lead Flying Horse Farms, a Central Ohio camp that provides magical, transforming experiences to children with serious illnesses and their families—free of charge. This week, Kristy Eckert talks with the camp CEO about passion, purpose, good shoes and more.   Q: Like far too many people, cancer affected your family, making camp’s mission very personal ...